Some Friends Flew Out to See Me!

Dee and I

     This weekend was a lot of fun and absolutely wore me out. Thursday night Dee got into town, and Friday Jeff and Drew arrived! Saturday morning we all got up and decided to do some sightseeing. First, we took the subway to High Street and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It's a little over a mile long, so it didn't take very long, and it provides some stunning views of the both Brooklyn and Manhattan, as well as Governor's Island and the Statue of Liberty. It was awesome. However, it was also incredibly crowded, and that got old incredibly fast. But the views were phenomenal. As we got closer to the end, we could see buildings and city for days. 

Li'l Lady Liberty

Dee, Jeff, Me & Drew

     Once we were in Manhattan, we walked around downtown, stopping by Ground Zero and Walk Street. We grabbed lunch at a little pizza place right down the street from where the Twin Towers were, and sat and ate in this little square across the street. Saturday was the second anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, and there were some guys that had brought a big boombox and were dancing and stuff, drawing crowds. It was kind of cool. We walked through Battery Park and finally made our way to the Staten Island Ferry. It runs every half hour between Manhattan and Staten Island, and it's free. And it passes the Statue of Liberty. So we were able to relax for a while and enjoy the ferry, while seeing Lady Liberty at the same time. That was really cool because again we saw the lower Manhattan skyline. I don't know if that's something that I could ever get used to seeing. Everytime I do spot it, I'm just stunned because it looks so cool. 

Chillin' Out, Maxin', Relaxin' All Cool.

     By the time we were done with the Ferry, we'd been out and about for almost six hours and I was getting agitated being around thousands of people. It was then that I started to understand why it's believed that New Yorkers are rude. Imagine how you feel being on campus at the beginning and end of the year when there are tons of highschool students touring, and you're busy trying to get to class, and they're lollygaggin around in your way. It's like that...times a few million. Tourists get old, real quick. Tourist locations in Manhattan on the weekends will be avoided for the rest of the summer. I can't do that many people for very long.  But it was fun while it lasted. 

Lower Manhattan in ze Background

     Then we made our way back to Brooklyn to relax before heading out for the night. We went to TGIFridays in Times Square--big mistake, and for a few different reasons. Again, tourist location on a Saturday night = FAIL! Thursday through Saturday, Times Square is especially off limits. Then, we were at a chain restaurant in Times Square, so normal $6 appetizers were like $17. Gah! So we hung out there for a bit and then made our way around Manhattan. We stopped in Chelsea for a bit, and then Dee and I headed back up towards Mid-Town and went to a bar there. It was an extremely long night, and the subway ride back to the Brooklyn made it even longer. We started heading back at 5am, and didn't make it to my front door until about 6:45, but it was one of the most fun subway rides ever.

THIS really happened.

     We were waiting for the subway to come, and at some point, this woman--clearly drugged up on something sat down next to Dee, and started like wobbling from left to right and could barely hold her eyes open. And as she was drifting side to side, she ended up like taking up half of Dee's seat. It was hilariously uncomfortable, and then became down right hilarious. The women, who was visibly a few months pregnant, had passed CLEAN OUT! She was dead to the world. A few minutes later, these guys came and saw her and immediately identified the humor in the situation. And the pictures started flashing. Lol, it wasn't right, but boy, was it funny. The guys were super cool, so we ended up talking to them for most of the subway ride back home. When we got off the subway and made it to the street, the sun was all the way up--and as soon as we got to my place, we were dead to the world.

Awwwwwkwaaardd.